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V. S. BEKOPSKY.

HAIR CUTTING MACHINE.

(No ModeL) Patented 00's; 6, 1885.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VLADIMIR S. BEKOFSKY, OF JENGHUAN, GOREA.

HAIR-CUTTING MACHINE.

.iPI-ICIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.327,512, datedOctober 6, 1885.

Application filed March 31,4885. Serial No. 160,748.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VLADIMIR S. BEKoE- SKY, of J enchuan, Gorea, haveinvented anew and Improved Hair-Cutting Machine,of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact de scription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved machine forclipping and cutting the hair on persons heads, which is so constructedthat it need not be operated by hand nor connected with exteriormechanism.

The invention consists in various parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side view of my improved hair-cutting machine. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front .view.Fig. 4 is a plan view, parts being broken out and others in section.Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view. Fig. 6 is a plan View of the comb. Fig.7 is a plan view of the knife. Fig. 8 is a side view of the brake.

A metal box, A, is open at the bottom and is provided with a movabletop, which at the rear edge may be slightly beveled, as shown at A, Fig.2, or may be straight. On the outer surface on each side of the box twoupright guides, B, are secured, in which the legs 0 slide, which areunited at their lower ends by the longitudinal pieces D, which havetheir front bottom corners rounded, and between the rear corners ofwhich a roller, D, is journaled. The legs are provided with a series ofapertures, O, for receiving pins 0, projecting through the sides of thebox from the free ends of springs E, secured on the inner surfaces ofthe sides of the box, and against which a push-button, E, rests, whichprojects from the outside of the box. From the front legs a comb, F,projects, which may be made horizontal, or may be made to project upwardslightly, and is of the usual construction. One end tooth, F, may bemade considerably wider than the rest of the teeth, or the end tooth maybe shaped as shown at F and about the same width as the usual teeth.

(No model.)

In the bottom of the box, at the front part, a knife-plate, G, is held,the front edge of which is provided with triangular teeth having sharpedges, the said plate being secured at its ends to the box. Parts of thesaid plate are punched out and pressed upward to form upwardlyprojecting prongs H, the parts punched out being shown in dotted linesin Fig. 7. The prongs H pass through slots J in a knife-plate, K,resting on the plate G, but of less length, so that the plate K canreciprocate on the plateG in the direction of the length of the slots H.The upper knife-plate, K, is concaved transversely, so that only itsfront toothed edge and its rear edge rest on the plate G, for thepurpose of avoiding undue friction. Parts of the upper plate are punchedout to form two upwardly-projecting lugs, L, between which an eccentricdisk, M, is located, which is mounted on a vertical shaft, N, journaledin the bottom cuttingplate and in the horizontal partition 0 of the box.

A slot or like aperture is provided in the front of the box directlyabove the comb, through which slot the teeth of the two knifeplatespass.

A clock-spring is secured on a shaft, P, the upper end of which issquared and arranged below an aperture in the top of the box, whichaperture can be closed by a pivoted piece, 0.

By means of suitable gearing the motion is transmitted from thespring-shaft P to the shaft N, carrying the eccentric M for operatingthe reciprocating knife.

A fan, R, or wind-regulator is operated by the clock-work, and adjacentto the same an elbow lever, S, is pivoted on the inner surface of thefront of the box or on the upper surface of the bottom in sucha mannerthat when the bottom shank of the said lever is raised by a spring, T,placed below it, the fan will strike against the lever and be preventedfrom revolving.

A sliding push-button, U, is arranged in the front of the box, which isto be used to press the upper end of the elbow-lever S inward, therebypressing the end of the bottom shank downward and releasing the fan.

The key W, for winding the clock-work, is held in the pocketV on oneside of the box.

The number of cog-wheels, &c., used for driving the reciprocatingknife-plate can be varied, as may be desired; but preferably theworking-shaftN should make about sixty revolutions for one revolution ofthe spring-shaft. The clock-work mechanism is of the usual construction.

The operation is as follows: The clock-work mechanism is wound by meansof the key WV, and when the machine is not in use it is prevented fromoperating by the brake-lever S, which looks the fan R. WVhen the machineis to operate, the operator presses on the knob I U on the front of themachine, whereby the free end of the bottom shank of the lever ispressed downward and the flier or wing re leased, and then the machineis passed over the head, the comb F passing through the hair, which iscut off by the fixed and reciprocating knife-plates a greater or lessdistance 7 above the comb. If the hair is to be cut very short, the legsmust be so adjusted in the box that the comb is very near to thecutters; but if the hair is not to be cut so short the legs must be soadjusted in the box that the distance between the comb and the cuttersis greater. To adjust the legs, the buttons E are pressed inward,whereby the pins 0 on the ends of the springbars E on the interior ofthe box are pressed out of the holes 0 in the legs C, thus permitting ofpulling the legs down or pushing them up. As soon as the said buttonsare released, the spring-bars E press the pins 0 back into the aperture0', thus locking the legs 0 in place.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure Letters Patent 1. In a hair-cutter,the combination, with the box A, of the pocketsBon the sides of thesame, the legs 0, united by the pieces D and having apertures O, thesprings E, the pins 0 on the ends of the same, the push pins or buttonsE, adapted'to act on the springs E,

a comb held on the front ends of the pieces D, a cutting device abovethe comb, and a clock work mechanism contained in the box and adapted tooperate the cutting device, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a hair-cutter, the combination, with the fixed toothedcutting-plate G, having parts H punched out and bent upward, of the reciprocating toothed cutting-plate K, resting on the plate G and havingslots through which the parts H pass, the lugs L, on the plate K, andthe eccentric disk M, mounted on a shaft, N, operated by a clock-workmechanism in the box, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a hair-cutter, the combination, with a box, of adjustable legsheld on the sides of the same, a roller, D, held between the legs, thecomb F, projecting from the legs, a cutting device above the comb, and aclock-work mechanism contained in the box for the purpose of operatingthe cutting device, substantially as herein shown and described.

' VLADIMIR S. BEKOFSKY.

WVitnesses: r

J. B. BERNADOU, E. LAIOELETT.

